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[VonStupp]

FJ Haydn
Stabat Mater

Birgitte Christensen, soprano
Kristina Hammarström, mezzo
Steve Davislim, tenor
Christian Immler, bass

Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Kammerorchester Basel - René Jacobs

I went a long time not realizing Haydn had a Stabat Mater to his name. It is Heltay's recording I know best now, one I appreciate for its vocal soloists of yore.

This one has an expanded wind section, which adds a slight bit more colour.
VS

[Symphonic Addict]

Marx: Three works for piano quartet (Rhapsody, Scherzo and Ballade)

[Madiel]

Mozart: the "Haffner" Serenade.

[JBS]

Opus 20

[AnotherSpin]

Op. 106

[classicalgeek]

Sibelius
Kullervo
Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Jorma Hynninen
various choirs
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund
(on CD)



Somehow I think this is my first time listening to Kullervo. Epic, and really impressive!

[AnotherSpin]

Shahram Nazeri, Pejman Taheri & Irani Ensemble

[Mookalafalas]

I'm actually going to see this symphony live next month! Conductor Daniele Rustioni is bringing it to Dallas for what must surely be the Texas premiere. I have only heard it one time (on streaming, when the symphony announced its concert programs, to see if I wanted to go).

  You lucky dog! I'm sure that'll be impressive. Here in Japan, I'm finally going to see my first concert in 3 years--but I expect you'll get the better show...
  TD. More Noseda.

[Harry]

HUNGARIAN SERENADE.
See back cover for all details.

This is by all means an interesting disc, well presented and recorded. Hungarian flavour pur sang! The combination of composers is not an recurring event in music like this, so this modern interpretation is more than welcome. Anyways very enjoyable and recommended.

[Harry]

British Tone Poems, Volume 1.
See back cover for details.
Recording venue BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales; 14– 16 September 2016.

For me this is one of the best projects launched by Chandos, and ultimately very satisfyingly performed and recorded. There is for me no blemish on  this performance. This is quality enjoy time, as simple as that.

It took me several minutes to get this posted. Several attempts failed. So it begins seriously to undermine this site! Posting the images took even longer. And only one at the time.

[Mandryka]

I think this is really special, Sigrun Richter has this utterly nonchalant way of playing Pierre Gaultier, it must be phrasing I guess, which is magical! Joyful, dancing.

[foxandpeng]

Vagn Holmboe
Chamber Symphonies 1 - 3
John Storgårds
Lapland SO
Dacapo

Aristocracy of Northern European 20th century composers? Holmboe all day long.

[ando]

Beethoven Bagatelles Op. 33 & Op. 126 Glenn Gould (1976, Columbia Masterworks vinyl)
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[Spotted Horses]

Listened to the Braunfels Sinfonia Brevis in it's entirety today.



On second listen, the Sinfonia reveals itself as a brilliant and rich piece of music, beautifully performed.

[Irons]

I like Sigrun Richter in French music a lot. Her Reusner has never caught my attention in a positive way. I'm looking forward to seeing what she makes of the Italian composers on that CD. 

Just got a new pair of old speakers - original passive AE1s - they suit Sigrun Richter's Pierre Gaultier very well!

I had AE1s, used a massive Musical Fidelity amp to drive them and they do take some driving but sound fantastic in the right conditions. I recall purchasing the heavyweight stands designed specifically for them which look very similar to your pair?  Later AE brought out a more wife acceptable wood veneer finish, mine were the original composite black.   

[Roasted Swan]

Sibelius
Kullervo
Eeva-Liisa Saarinen, Jorma Hynninen
various choirs
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Paavo Berglund
(on CD)



Somehow I think this is my first time listening to Kullervo. Epic, and really impressive!

Great piece - Berglund's early/1st ever recording of Kullervo in Bournemouth remains my favourite of all - it has the zealous spirit of discovery!

[AnotherSpin]

[Mandryka]

I had AE1s, used a massive Musical Fidelity amp to drive them and they do take some driving but sound fantastic in the right conditions. I recall purchasing the heavyweight stands designed specifically for them which look very similar to your pair?  Later AE brought out a more wife acceptable wood veneer finish, mine were the original composite black.   

Well everyone says that they are hard to drive. At the moment I'm using an 80W solid state Conrad Johnson, and it drives them better than it drove the speakers they replaced -- JR149s. I've got a couple of monster amps, a Krell and a 200W Conrad Johnson, and I guess I'll try them with the AE1s soon -- but the amps are heavy and I'm too lazy to move them. Also the Krell has a tendency to explode if you look at it in the wrong way.

I'd love the original stands! They're very hard to find.  The ones in the pic are cheap Atcama stands -- heavy, but filled with cat litter (someone told me it's great for filling stands, and it seems fine!)  They're at the right height, 60cm, which I guess is the most important thing.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I had AE1s, used a massive Musical Fidelity amp to drive them and they do take some driving but sound fantastic in the right conditions. I recall purchasing the heavyweight stands designed specifically for them which look very similar to your pair?  Later AE brought out a more wife acceptable wood veneer finish, mine were the original composite black. 

Nice!  And @Mandryka I like your old fireplace and green shelving for your books. 

Here (and I tried posting this earlier but goofed and only signed on for an hour and my post went "poof" when I tried to post it):  Quite enjoyed Torelli's Concerto Grosso No. 9, Op. 8 with I Musici and featuring Mariana Sirbu on violin.

@Harry I'll bet that your Hungarian CD is quite nice!  I have one on Naxos of Hungarian music for cello and piano which has some of the same composers on it which I quite like.  It's on Hungaroton with Perényi and Várjon.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Well everyone says that they are hard to drive. At the moment I'm using an 80W solid state Conrad Johnson, and it drives them better than it drove the speakers they replaced -- JR149s. I've got a couple of monster amps, a Krell and a 200W Conrad Johnson, and I guess I'll try them with the AE1s soon -- but the amps are heavy and I'm too lazy to move them. Also the Krell has a tendency to explode if you look at it in the wrong way.

I'd love the original stands! They're very hard to find.  The ones in the pic are cheap Atcama stands -- heavy, but filled with cat litter (someone told me it's great for filling stands, and it seems fine!)  They're at the right height, 60cm, which I guess is the most important thing.

Hope that you bought unscented litter as the time that I tried using any of the scented stuff for my cats' litter boxes, I ended up with a fit of coughing!

PD